Second Chances Rehabilitation Center founder Brigette Williams is one of three licensed wildlife rehabilitators in the county, but the other two people only treat birds.

The lawsuit, filed by the Buckeye Trace Homeowners Association, lists 27 individual residents as plaintiffs in the case. Those people account for 15 of 25 properties in the Buckeye Trace subdivision. One partner in the Buckeye Development Company, Arthur Mengel, is also listed as a plaintiff.

In the filing, Williams and her husband, Bruce, are accused of violating the Buckeye Trace subdivision’s deed restrictions. The homeowners association seeks for a judge to rule the center violates deed restrictions and needs to be closed.

The lawsuit alleges the Williamses operated a business on a residential property, built structures on their property without approval and house animals other than household pets.